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uncommon ambience

Ambient noise podcast. White noise, gray noise, machine noise, fans, ambient movie homages, and nature. This is a place for folks who want to listen to something without a narrative, news, or exciting new material from Nas. Ignore the world.

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08:00:00

SNOW* and I am Not Dreaming of a White Christmas...

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2024/12/30

*Sleet and Ice ambience—Nature tossed an early morning meatball the day before Christmas. A steady fall of ice covered everything in a faux-white (the New England in me wouldn't grant this "White Christmas" status even if my kids were). And yet, my holiday mind flipped through the possibilities: "Am I dreaming of a white Christmas podcast?" My prior falling ice episode was well received; let's do it again. But how? The Candy Canes were already moved to clearance aisles with the nearly-expired

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08:00:00

I’ll Be Home for the Holidays; in a Bus… Ambience

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2024/12/24

Intercity bus/ highway ambience—A Christmas Eve decades ago, I found myself braving the Port Authority in Midtown, waiting for a Greyhound to Albany. While loading, I walked fast enough to stay ahead of the folks who might be at the overbooked point. Just that Thanksgiving, I had been dawdling at the end of the line and wound up with a "Sorry, pal. It looks like you're waiting for the next bus." That Greyhound Christmas Eve ride was years before cell phones had texting, apps, or anything resembling

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08:00:00

Jingle Bell Box Fan Pt II … Ambience

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2024/12/14

The Jingle Bell box fan is back to make your holidays ****** jolly! This week’s episode is white noise but festive. It’ll make that Christmas dinner prep or tuning out the in-laws merry without a note from Mariah.I have to come clean about something. I regularly use an extremely inexpensive aftershave balm that smells horrible. It smells like what a kid would probably think a man would smell like—the Worcestershire sauce of aftershaves. The inexpensive balm feels great splashed on shaved skin,

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08:00:00

Christmas Workshop; the Night the Reindeer Died …...

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2024/12/08

Santa workshop ambience (8 Hours). Oh boy, it's a Christmas movie episode! Well… we are focusing on a faux Christmas movie commercial that appears in an actual Christmas movie. This episode puts us into a busy Santa's Workshop (but does not include any terrorists or assault weapons and absolutely no harm to Reindeers). Look, at the very beginning of the movie Scrooged (1988), the camera flies us through a snowy wonderland into a busy Santa's workshop. The elves are making toys, and Mrs. Claus

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08:00:00

Suspiria Taxi Ride to Escherstraße… Ambience

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2024/12/01

Hey! We're back at the movies, and this week's episode is focused on the strange and surreal taxi ride in the opening of the 1977 suspense film Suspiria. So we are driving to Escherstraße (Escher Street) in Freiuerg as the rain whips and thunder rolls (the big drum is also included but dialed back). As usual, this is ambience to relax with, so nothing frightening. There's nothing overly frightening at the film's beginning, either. Unless you count the moment, Suzy Bannion exits the terminal, and

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08:00:00

Winner Winner Thanksgiving Banquet… ambience

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2024/11/26

Inside the oven, Thanksgiving prep ambience. If you are about to prepare a large dinner in the next few days and need to get your culinary game face on, this episode is for you. Eight hours of kitchen prep as heard from within a gas range (a perfect place for Tom or a roasted eggplant). Let this episode be your auditory affirmation that you have got this Thanksgiving dinner under control. In this episode, the relative who loves to start **** at inopportune times or have you searching for the wine

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08:00:00

A Creek Rushes into the Potomac… Ambience

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2024/11/24

Spend an evening perched amongst the rocks overlooking the Potomac at Riverfront Park in Shepherdstown, WV. Just below you are the sounds of Town Run as it rushes to confluence with the famous river that eventually cuts between the District of Columbia and Virginia (about 60 miles to the South and East from here). Separately, am I the only person that likes to scream while stretching? My family told me to stop doing it — but I always thought it was normal. I don’t know how to describe the type

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08:00:00

Streets is Washing; Storm Drain... Ambience

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2024/11/16

City storm drain after heavy rain. Why cede the sewers to Pennywise and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (heroes in a half-shell, turtle power)? After a large storm, it can sound pretty great down there — a symphony of spluts and gurgles. Look, obviously, no one is climbing into a drain with their futon to enjoy the sounds; because, claustrophobia. So, in this episode, we are bringing the storm drain to you. And while you're "down there," why not focus on something other than the news or your

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08:00:00

It's Dark and November is Hot; Box Fan Ambience

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2024/11/09

November Box fan in the window Ambience.Look, it’s been a long week with temperatures hitting near 90° and my kids came to me pleading, like, “Dad you have to turn the air conditioning back on.” And I was like, “guys, the 7-11 across the street has a ****** wreath on the front door and a special on frosted Santa face sugar cookies.” I shoved the box fan in the window and told everyone to go to bed.

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08:00:00

West Virginia Rocky Stream... Ambience

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2024/11/05

Small rocky stream ambience — Don't stress-watch cable news, you will probably learn just as much listening to gushing water through Shepherdstown, WV... Which this episode provides (recorded just off of Princes Street). Tune out the world for a few minutes.

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08:00:00

SpaceCamp Ground Control… Ambience

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2024/11/02

NASA control room, waiting for signs of Atlantis reentry; ambience. Look, if I learned anything as a kid watching SpaceCamp, it was that you do not make friends with cute robots that beep like R2D2 and don’t ever sit in a space shuttle cockpit during an engine test.We have had some sinister ambience homages lately, so I figured it might be a good time to visit outer space—or at least hang out in a place anxiously awaiting communication from space. This week’s episode is based on the scenes

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08:00:00

Just the Static... Ambience

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2024/10/29

Had a request for just the static without all of that creepy (see last episode) — so it's just that smooth static without anyone or anything trying to contact the Freeling family.Tune out the world for a moment. Episode cover original photo by Huỳnh Đạt.

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08:00:00

Poltergeist TV Static... Halloween Ambience

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2024/10/27

Poltergeist TV static. We’ve got one more Halloween-ish movie ambience before I start putting up all the Christmas lights. So get ready for eight hours of eerie but smooth TV static as we’re visiting the TV Static scene from Poltergeist(1982). And as far as TV static goes, the Poltergeist static is super chill (minus the disembodied voices). Growing up, the static I was used to on our television was harsh and tinny. I do want to say that, as usual, there will be no jump scares or anything overly

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08:00:00

The Shining, Endless Danny Tricycle… Halloween Ambience

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2024/10/23

Have you ever wanted that tense scene of a camera following Danny through the hallways of the Overlook Hotel, but for eight hours? We’re back at the movies this week, and obviously, we are racing through the hallways of the Overlook Hotel.Get ready for tricycle-pumping action over carpet and wood flooring as we get tense strings and maybe random voices from the beyond. As usual, this is ambience to (ostensibly) relax with, so there will be no jump scares, yelling, or weird ladies from room 237

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08:00:00

Director's cut the Exorcist... Halloween Ambience

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2024/10/18

We're expounding upon the unease and urban landscape that open the director's cut of the Exorcist. Perched above the ominous stairs that lead to doom (or towards the Key Bridge and expensive shops for the rest of us), a light switches off, the bushes rustle in the wind, and then come the cymbals.It's a solid opening that proves the power of ambience — without the added sound, the visuals become voyeurism of wealthy people. For those concerned, this week's ambience does not include jump scares,

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08:00:00

Propeller Airplane Flight to Wherever... Ambience

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2024/10/14

Go island hopping in the South Pacific, or fly to Nantucket or some remote Alaskan village. And do it without checking your bags. This week, we are going up in a very chill prop airplane. Whenever I fly, I'm reminded of a favorite DJ mix from the 90s, Cold Krush Cuts. It included a spoken word segment about getting into ⁠the sky and seeing your problems from a new perspective.⁠ It was the closest I ever came to an epiphany listening to danceable music. Below is the message from the mix, but I

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08:01:03

Jaws Overnight on the Orca... Ambience

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2024/10/10

Doomed fishing boat cabin ambience — We’re back at the movies this week, spending an entire night searching for a great white on the Orca. The engine idles, the waves splut and gurgle, a tracking buoy bleeps in the waters just outside… (Ambience was inspired by the cabin conversation about scars and past traumas). That’s right, we are off the coast of Amity Island and smack in the middle of the No Country for Old Men of fish movies: Jaws. I wouldn’t want to run into either film’s villains in some

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08:00:00

Vermont, Mad River… Ambience.

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2024/10/02

Mad river Ambience, and you read that right. Vermont has a Mad River. It flows North toward payback and revenge. And it’s a great place to swim.Spend an evening on the rocky bank listening to a small angry river gush by.

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08:00:05

Vermont's Moss Glen Waterfall (I think)... Ambience

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2024/09/26

Small (and maybe the wrong waterfall) waterfall ambience — Okay, so this is my first waterfall, and I’m not psyched about misnaming my first waterfall ambience. But here’s the deal. My buddy, Ed, was like, “Yo, you have to check out Moss Glen Falls. They make Warren Falls look like some ****.” So I consulted Google and was served this. “Yeah, that does makes Warren Falls look like some ****.” So I brought my microphone up to Vermont and drove to the falls. And… the bridge was out. The footbridge

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06:35:00

Overnight Vermont Route 100... Ambience

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2024/09/22

Late night rural road and gushing water ambience. So, I have a favorite road, Route 100, in Vermont (especially from around Pico to Waterbury). And obviously, this isn't a trade secret. Route 100 needs no hype, judging by the traffic we wreak in rural Vermont. The road delivers miles of Vermont quaintness: New England churches, cute light festivals, towering trees, and rounded green mountains. Every inch is a photo op. Route 100 dominated my college years for bar and ski traffic. I used 100

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